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Casey DeSmith

#1 · Goalie · Dallas Stars

Born Aug 13, 1991 in Rochester, New Hampshire, USA (age 35) · 6'0", 188 lb · Catches left

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 2024-25. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Joonas Korpisalo BOS · 27 GP, 0.893 Ivan Fedotov PHI · 26 GP, 0.880 Marc-Andre Fleury MIN · 26 GP, 0.899 Philipp Grubauer SEA · 26 GP, 0.875 Ilya Samsonov VGK · 29 GP, 0.891

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

01020302017-18: 14 games1417-182018-19: 36 games3618-192020-21: 20 games2020-212021-22: 26 games2621-222022-23: 38 games3822-232023-24: 29 games2923-242024-25: 27 games2724-252025-26: 30 games3025-262026-27: 1 games126-27

Games played by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save % Cap hit
2017-18 PIT 14 6411 356 328 28 2.40 0.921 $675K
2018-19 PIT 36 151153 1060 971 89 2.75 0.916 $675K
2020-21 PIT 20 11702 543 495 48 2.54 0.912 $1.25M
2021-22 PIT 26 11653 769 703 66 2.79 0.914 $1.25M
2022-23 PIT 38 151640 1142 1033 109 3.17 0.905 $1.8M
2023-24 VAN 29 12961 759 680 80 2.89 0.896 $1.8M
2024-25 DAL 27 14822 761 696 65 2.59 0.915 $1M
2025-26 DAL 30 15861 760 689 71 2.43 0.907 $1M
2026-27 DAL 1 0100 26 24 2 2.05 0.923 $1.05M
9 seasons Career 221 99702913 6176 5619 558 2.73 0.910

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
2021-22 PIT 1 0000 51 48 3 2.02 0.941
2023-24 VAN 2 1100 45 41 4 2.02 0.911
2024-25 DAL 2 0100 34 30 4 3.42 0.882
3 seasons Playoffs 5 1200 130 119 11 2.37 0.915

2024-25 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
27 24 14822 761 696 65 2.59 0.915

Contract

$1MCap hitends in 2027, then UFA
$44KCap dollars per goal above replacement22.8 goals above replacement
$5.5MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$4.5MValueworth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 61 ranked goalies whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Dallas Stars on Jul 1, 2024, as a new contract: 3 years and $3.05M, beginning in 2024-25. It runs through 2026-27, with 2 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2024-25 $1M $1.2M $0 $1.2M
2025-26 $1M $1M $0 $1M
2026-27 $1.05M $800K $0 $800K

Each season of the contract, with this one marked. The cap hit is the same every year; what he is paid is not. The pay is as written when the contract was recorded in October 2024, so a later change, such as the rise in the lowest salary for 2026-27, is not shown.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Sep 30, 2026 Dallas Stars Extension 2027-28 to 2028-29 2 $5M $2.5M
Jul 1, 2024 Dallas Stars New contract 2024-25 to 2026-27 3 $3.05M $1M
Jul 5, 2022 Pittsburgh Penguins Extension 2022-23 to 2023-24 2 $3.6M $1.8M
Jan 11, 2019 Pittsburgh Penguins Extension 2019-20 to 2021-22 3 $3.75M $1.25M
Jul 1, 2017 Pittsburgh Penguins New contract 2017-18 to 2018-19 2 $1.35M $675K

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2024-25 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

2024-25 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-0.3Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.6Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

The goals he saved for his team, compared with a spare-part goalie facing the same shots. A goalie's season is about one-third the goalie and two-thirds chance, so read one year lightly. A playoff run is too short to rank anyone on.

-505101520252017-182020-212022-232024-252026-27Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

Shots faced

Expected goals adds up how likely each shot he faced was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. A goalie who lets in fewer than that has saved goals above expected. Only shots taken while he was in net count, and the league's goalies as a whole come out at zero. What these numbers mean

-0.6Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
3.4Expected goals againstfrom 48 unblocked attempts
4Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.882Save %0.901 expected from his shots
Goals saved -0.55 above expected per 60 minutes14th
Shot difficulty 7.0% chance per attempt faced86thA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 14 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

01234Allowed 4Expected 3.4

The goals he was expected to let in and the goals he did, as the season went on. When the allowed line runs below the expected line, he is saving more than his shots were worth.

Where he was shot at

Every unblocked attempt he faced in these playoffs, with his net on the right. There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 16, 2025 @ NSH L 1-5 12 12 0 1.000 20:00
Apr 12, 2025 vs UTA L 3-5 L 34 29 5 0.853 59:07
Apr 8, 2025 vs VAN L 5-6 (OT) OTL 32 26 6 0.813 63:44
Apr 5, 2025 vs PIT L 3-5 L 39 35 4 0.897 59:40
Mar 31, 2025 @ SEA W 3-1 W 36 35 1 0.972 60:00
Mar 27, 2025 @ CGY W 5-2 W 48 46 2 0.958 60:00
Mar 20, 2025 vs TBL L 2-3 (SO) OTL 38 36 2 0.947 65:00
Mar 9, 2025 @ VAN W 4-1 W 23 22 1 0.957 60:00
Mar 4, 2025 vs NJD W 4-3 W 28 25 3 0.893 60:00
Feb 22, 2025 @ NJD W 4-2 W 33 31 2 0.939 60:00
Feb 8, 2025 @ SJS W 8-3 W 27 24 3 0.889 60:00
Feb 2, 2025 vs CBJ W 5-3 W 30 27 3 0.900 59:02
Jan 25, 2025 @ STL W 2-0 W, SO 33 33 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 18, 2025 @ COL L 3-6 L 36 30 6 0.833 59:13
Jan 12, 2025 @ OTT L 2-3 L 27 24 3 0.889 56:58
Jan 9, 2025 @ PHI W 4-1 W 28 27 1 0.964 60:00
Dec 31, 2024 vs BUF W 4-2 W 23 21 2 0.913 60:00
Dec 23, 2024 @ UTA W 3-2 W 26 24 2 0.923 59:30
Dec 18, 2024 vs TOR L 3-5 6 6 0 1.000 18:00
Dec 2, 2024 @ UTA W 2-1 W 37 36 1 0.973 60:00
Nov 27, 2024 @ CHI L 2-6 L 26 20 6 0.769 59:24
Nov 18, 2024 vs ANA L 2-4 L 27 23 4 0.852 57:22
Nov 9, 2024 @ WPG L 1-4 10 10 0 1.000 30:39
Nov 2, 2024 @ FLA L 2-4 L 24 21 3 0.875 59:19
Oct 24, 2024 @ BOS W 5-2 W 27 25 2 0.926 59:56
Oct 17, 2024 @ WSH L 2-3 L 26 23 3 0.885 57:57
Oct 13, 2024 vs SEA W 2-0 W, SO 25 25 0 1.000 59:39